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Canada can learn from Australia’s value creation experience

By Allan Dawson February 7, 2019

The ‘value creation’ model both University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray and the Alberta Federation of Agriculture (AFA) are talking about has some commonality. Both say a farmer ‘entity’ should be formed to collect a levy — probably mandatory — from farmers at the point of sale and then funnel that money to breeders

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Little to change for Prairie prices

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 7, 2019

As feedlots reduce their cattle numbers, demand for feed grains has declined on the Canadian Prairies, according to Market Place Commodities trader Allen Pirness at Lethbridge. “It’s a pretty calm time of year. The feedlots are shipping a lot of fat cattle more than they are replacing. Their grain consumption drops off a little bit

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on renewed China trade concerns

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume February 7, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for the first time in five sessions on Thursday on new concerns that the U.S.-China trade war may stretch beyond a March 1 deal deadline, with the two countries’ leaders unlikely to meet during upcoming talks. News that U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping are

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CBOT weekly outlook: Quiet markets wait on USDA reports, China sales

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 7, 2019

Pending the release of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports on Friday, trading on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) has remained quiet, according to one broker, who was cautious about U.S. soybean sales to China. Following the 35-day partial U.S. government shutdown that ended Jan. 25, USDA will have taken two weeks to prepare

ICE November 2019 canola with 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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ICE weekly outlook: Farmers advised to price some new crop

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 6, 2019

ICE Futures canola contracts held within a narrow trading range during the week ended Wednesday, as participants await fresh market-moving news. While the sideways trading range could persist in the near term, an analyst said new-crop futures were at decent levels and encouraged farmers to do some forward pricing. The November canola contract settled Wednesday

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Roquette gives pea quality checklist

Environmental Farm Plans, cross-contamination worries and MRL conflicts are among the highlights of Roquette’s pea quality requirements

By Alexis Stockford February 6, 2019

Farmers wanting to feed Roquette’s soon-to-be- commissioned pea protein plant in Portage la Prairie will face a few stiff quality stipulations. John Buch, risk and grain department manager with Roquette, gave an overview of the company’s requirements during Ag Days 2019, including grade, traceability and MRL conflicts that will preclude growers from using certain chemistries

Greg Bartley, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers on-farm specialist, gives this year’s Ag Days audience tips on developing their own research on farm.

Crops, Local news

Farmers urged to add on-farm research

Farmers are already expected to wear many hats, from mechanic to grower, but it may be time to add ‘researcher’ to that list, according to one Ag Days speaker

By Alexis Stockford February 6, 2019

Greg Bartley wants more producers to take research into their own hands. An on-farm specialist with the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, Bartley has been working with farmers to develop research trials in the commercial field, rather than the research plot. That research may become a producer’s greatest tool in measuring the actual value of

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Potato growers battling storage woes

A wet and cold fall saw some potatoes dug and stored at less than optimal conditions

By Alexis Stockford February 6, 2019

A tough harvest is translating into a challenging storage season for Manitoba potato growers. It’s especially frustrating because growers were looking at a bumper crop, forecast to be the third largest harvest on record. But they were denied that by rains that delayed harvest and hard frosts that hit in mid-October causing ground to freeze

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Nothing new in India

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 6, 2019

Very little has changed for Canadian pulses in terms of exports to India, according to an analyst. Meanwhile, Canadian stocks of dry field peas and lentils are still relatively large, according to Statistics Canada. India in 2017 imposed import duties to protect its domestic pulse industry and is rumoured to be solidifying those duties, according

Aerial view of a rapeseed field in Germany. (Cinoby/E+/Getty Images)

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French, German farmers destroy crops after GMOs found in Bayer seeds

By GFM Network News, Sybille De La Hamaide February 6, 2019

Paris | Reuters — Bayer said on Wednesday that farmers in France and Germany were digging up thousands of hectares of rapeseed fields after traces of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) banned for cultivation were found in seeds sold by the company. GMO crops are widely grown across the world, but they remain controversial in Europe,

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

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Taking a closer look at a farmer-breeder partnership on seed

Feed weekly outlook: Little to change for Prairie prices

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on renewed China trade concerns

CBOT weekly outlook: Quiet markets wait on USDA reports, China sales

ICE weekly outlook: Farmers advised to price some new crop

Roquette gives pea quality checklist

Farmers urged to add on-farm research

Potato growers battling storage woes

Pulse weekly outlook: Nothing new in India

French, German farmers destroy crops after GMOs found in Bayer seeds

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